Hackman was born January 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California.
“It was a real adios,” he toldVanity Fair.
“It was so precise.
Maybe that’s why I became an actor.
This skill would be put to good use when Hackman served in China, working as a disc jockey.
Hackman, Hoffman, and Robert Duvall became good friends in the 1950s and 1960s.
They worked menial jobs and supported one another as they began to build their acting careers.
Hackman, Hoffman, and Duvall gradually became a tight-knit family.
His performance earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Hackman was married twice.
His first was to Faye Maltese in 1956.
The couple was married for three decades before divorcing.
He is survived by his three children from his marriage to Faye Christopher, Elizabeth, and Leslie.
In 1991, the actor married classical pianist Betsy Arakawa.
They lived out of the spotlight in a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
